Andrea Leschewski

Areas of Research

• Nutrition assistance and education policy
• Consumer demand
• Food and agribusiness management

Awards and Honors

• College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Researcher (2022-2023)
• Ness School Graduate Teacher of the Year (2021-2022)
• 2022 National Excellence in Extension Team Award

Grants

• Leschewski A., Baker S., Roe A., Pybus, K., Udahogora, M., Shelnutt, K., and Pierce, S. A cost-benefit analysis of EFNEP utilizing biomarkers of chronic disease risk. USDA NIFA AFRI- Program Priority Area A1344 Diet Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases, 2021, $963,386.
• A. Leschewski. Mississippi State University Extension Adult EFNEP Cost-Benefit Analysis. Contract, 2024, $8,661.
• R. Daraboina, A. Leschewski, G. Bastian, S. Michael, G. Langelett, S. Finkelstein. Predicting Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Dropout Using Artificial Intelligence. SDSU RSCA Challenge Grant, 2024, $13,057. 

Publications

1. A. Leschewski, S. Pierce, M.C. Aragon, S. Baker, M. Udahogora, K. Pybus, N. Duffy, A. Roe, K. Sankavaram. 2024. A Proposed Cost-Benefit Analysis of Adult EFNEP Utilizing Biomarkers of Chronic Disease Risk. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. (Accepted).
2. S. Finkelstein, R. Daraboina, A. Leschewski, S. Michael. 2024. A Machine Learning (ML) Approach to Understanding Participation in Government Nutrition Programs. Current Opinion in Psychology. (Accepted).
3. J. Jones, K. Jones, A. Leschewski, G. Melo. 2024. SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot Reduced Food Insufficiency Among Low-Income Households During Early Pandemic. Amber Waves. U.S. Department of Agriculture.
4. A. Leschewski, M.C. Aragon, S. Baker, D. Weatherspoon, K. Barale, G. Auld and R. Acquah-Sarpong. 2024. EFNEP Generates Economic Value Through BMI Improvement: A Cost-Benefit Analysis. Journal of Extension. 61(4):17.
5. K. Jones, A. Leschewski, J. Jones, G. Melo. 2023. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Online Purchasing Pilot's Impact on Food Insufficiency. Food Policy. 121:102538.
6. A. Leschewski, S. Baker, S. Pierce, K. Pybus, M. Udahogora, K. Shellnutt, and A Roe. 2023. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of EFNEP Utilizing Biomarkers of Chronic Disease Risk: Year One. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 55(7):105.
7. A. Leschewski, D. Davis. 2023. Nutrition Assistance Program Take-Up Given Multiprogram Eligibility. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. 2(1): 35-50.
8. A. Leschewski, C. Sellnow. 2021. Determinants of U.S. Household Expenditures on Fortified Fruit Juice. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. 0(0):1-14.
9. N. Jahan, A. Leschewski, and D Davis. 2020. Restaurant Tipping Discrimination: Evidence from a Representative Sample of US Households. Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization. (In-Press)
10. A. Leschewski and D. Davis. 2020. The Nutritional Quality of Food Purchases at SNAP-Authorized and Unauthorized Non-Traditional Retailers. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 15(6): 851-865.
11. A. Leschewski and A. Kuhns. 2020. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation and Current Restricted Food Expenditures: Implications for Policy. Public Health Nutrition. DOI:10.1017/S1368980020000749.
12. A. Lovgren, R.B. Ross, A. Leschewski and H.C. Peterson. 2019. Do Entrepreneurial Assistance Programs Create Value for Agri-Food Entrepreneurs? Entrepreneurship Research Journal. 10(1).
13. Leschewski, A. and D. Weatherspoon. 2018. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Current and Proposed Restricted Food Expenditures. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 55(3): e70-e77.
14. A. Leschewski, D. Weatherspoon, and A. Kuhns. 2018. Household Acquisition of Healthy Food Away from Home. British Food Journal 120(3): 588-601.
15. A. Leschewski, D. Weatherspoon, and A. Kuhns. 2017. Rethinking Household Demand for Food Diversity. British Food Journal 119(6): 1176-1188.
16. A. Leschewski, D. Weatherspoon, and A. Kuhns. A Segmented Hedonic Analysis of the Nutritional Composition of Fruit Beverages. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 19(3).
17. A. Leschewski, and D. Weatherspoon. 2014. Fast Food Restaurant Pricing Strategies in Michigan Food Deserts. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review Special Issue: Food Demand, Diet and Health: 147-170.